2 a.m. Update: Gustav Moving Over Southeast Gulf of Mexico

Hurricane Gustav is forecast to move into the central Gulf of Mexico later Sunday and then make landfall on the northern Gulf Coast on Monday, the National Hurricane Center said early Sunday. The Category 4 storm has weakened during its passage over Cuba, but is forecast to re-intensify during the next 24 hours at it moves over the Gulf of Mexico.
A hurricane watch remains in effect for the northern Gulf Coast from east of High Island, Texas, eastward to the Alabama-Florida border, including the city of New Orleans. As of 2:00 a.m. EDT, the center of Hurricane Gustav was located about 780 kilometers southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River and was moving northwest at around 24 kilometers per hour. Maximum sustained winds neared 135 mph.